Arsenic exposure via contaminated water and food sources

K Khosravi-Darani, Y Rehman, IA Katsoyiannis… - Water, 2022 - mdpi.com
Arsenic poisoning constitutes a major threat to humans, causing various health problems.
Almost everywhere across the world certain “hotspots” have been detected, putting in …

Arsenic contamination, effects and remediation techniques: A special look onto membrane separation processes

VR Moreira, YAR Lebron, LVS Santos… - Process Safety and …, 2021 - Elsevier
In many countries, arsenic (As) concentrations above acceptable standards for drinking
water have been found, which is bringing awareness and becoming a worldwide concern …

[HTML][HTML] The effects of irrigation on groundwater quality and quantity in a human-modified hydro-system: The Oglio River basin, Po Plain, northern Italy

M Rotiroti, T Bonomi, E Sacchi, JM McArthur… - Science of the Total …, 2019 - Elsevier
For several hundred years, farming in the Po Plain of Italy (46,000 km 2, 20 million
inhabitants) has been supported by intensive surface irrigation with lake and river water …

Herbicides in river water across the northeastern Italy: occurrence and spatial patterns of glyphosate, aminomethylphosphonic acid, and glufosinate ammonium

M Masiol, B Giannì, M Prete - Environmental Science and Pollution …, 2018 - Springer
Glyphosate and glufosinate ammonium are the active ingredients of commonly used
herbicides. Active agricultural lands extend over a large part of the Veneto region (Eastern …

Identification of the natural background levels in the Phlaegrean fields groundwater body (Southern Italy)

M Sellerino, G Forte, D Ducci - Journal of Geochemical Exploration, 2019 - Elsevier
The paper deals with the identification of Natural Background Levels (NBLs) in a
groundwater body located in a volcanic area. NBLs were assessed through spatial analysis …

Nitrate sources, accumulation and reduction in groundwater from Northern Italy: Insights provided by a nitrate and boron isotopic database

G Martinelli, A Dadomo, DA De Luca, M Mazzola… - Applied …, 2018 - Elsevier
Large volumes of precious water resources are negatively affected by nitrate contamination,
and the problem of the world population's exposure to this is becoming an even more …

Arsenic contamination of drinking water in Ireland: a spatial analysis of occurrence and potential risk

ER McGrory, C Brown, N Bargary, NH Williams… - Science of the Total …, 2017 - Elsevier
The presence of arsenic in groundwater has become a global concern due to the health
risks from drinking water with elevated concentrations. The Water Framework Directive …

Factors controlling arsenic contamination and potential remediation measures in soil-plant systems

HF Bakhat, Z Zia, S Abbas, HM Hammad… - Groundwater for …, 2019 - Elsevier
Arsenic (As) is a naturally occurring metalloid which has been recognized as a Class-1
carcinogen by the International Agency of Research on Cancer (IARC). The metalloid finds …

Assessment of groundwater arsenic contamination using machine learning in Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India

S Kumar, J Pati - Journal of Water and Health, 2022 - iwaponline.com
This paper presents a machine learning approach for classification of arsenic (As) levels as
safe and unsafe in groundwater samples collected from the Indo-Gangetic region. As water …

Spatial variability of arsenic in Indo-Gangetic basin of Varanasi and its cancer risk assessment

A Chattopadhyay, AP Singh, SK Singh, A Barman… - Chemosphere, 2020 - Elsevier
Abstract The Indo-Gangetic alluvium is prime region for intensive agricultural. In some areas
of this region, groundwater is now becoming progressively polluted by contamination with …